Desportivo Huíla challenge Sagrada Esperança for fame and football prosperity.
Sagrada Esperança could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CAF Champions League game only three sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Desportivo Huíla form and stats
The hosts won their first Girabola game here at Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Desportivo Huíla last season were 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
An away draw last time out for Desportivo, facing Sporting de Cabinda in a game that ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Desportivo won a home game hosting Progresso (3-0).There will be little rest for Desportivo after this match as they are travelling to Academica do Lobito for a Girabola game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Desportivo Huíla at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sagrada Esperança form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sagrada Esperança performed last season in the Girabola: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 18/7 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Girabola away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Royal Leopards in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Girabola away draw versus CD Lunda-Sul that ended 0-0.The schedule is very tough for Sagrada Esperança now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A CAF Champions League game at Royal Leopards is waiting in only four days.
It's early days yet, but Sagrada Esperança has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Desportivo wins - draws - Sagrada Esperança wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Desportivo Huíla missing players
Sagrada Esperança missing players
| Desportivo Huíla | Sagrada Esperança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Desportivo Huíla | Last season | Sagrada Esperança | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 42 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | ||
| 53% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 47% | ||
| 37% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 27% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 23% | ||
| 43% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 70% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 0.2 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Interclube | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Desportivo Huíla | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Recreativo da Caala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Petro de Luanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 de Agosto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Wiliete | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Sporting de Cabinda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | CD Lunda-Sul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Onze Bravos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kabuscorp | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sagrada Esperança | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Recreativo do Libolo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Academica do Lobito | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Progresso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Cubango | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sporting de Benguela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sagrada Esperança | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 70 |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 30 | 67 |
| 3 | 1 de Agosto | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 64 |
| 4 | Onze Bravos | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 55 |
| 5 | Recreativo da Caala | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Interclube | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Wiliete | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 8 | Academica do Lobito | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Desportivo Huíla | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Progresso | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 11 | Recreativo do Libolo | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Cubango | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Sporting de Cabinda | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -15 | 33 |
| 14 | Baixa de Kassange | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Santa Rita | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Ferroviario do Huambo | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 81 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 40 | -76 | 1 |